Brayden Barnette of Anderson wears a bow tie and suit, taking a photograph with an iPhone, at the Youth Art Month opening ceremony at the Anderson Arts Center.

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Andy Hylkema of Seneca looks at painted stacks of books, an art project by students at T.L. Hanna High School, on display at the Arts Center in Anderson. Marissa Richardson painted the dog and Victoria Murphree painted the cat, both with acrylic paint, for a project which won a blue ribbon.

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Visitors walk by one of many panels of art on display for the Youth Art Month opening ceremony.

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Seven-year-old Madi Brandt plays with a painting app on a cellphone during an arts festival that featured, among hundreds of other pieces, artwork done by Madi and her seven-year-old cousin, Elise White.